Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-03-05
VIRGlNIA'S CAPITOL.
TIE ECoMISe SESSION or THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THIS STATE.
Debt Measures-Revisicn Of the Code
Tho Governor and the Vice.
Proficiency.

tary OF the Commonwealth, and Attor-
ney-General had a conference with
Governor Lee yesterday in regard to
matters likely TO come before the Gen.
eral Assembly.
II is expected that the Governor will
communicate in writing his views TO
the General Assembly, and it may be
that he will outline some measure
which viii meet the exigencies Of the
situation.
The Virginia habeas-corpus cases
will be argued in the United States Su-
preme Court next week. Attorney
General Ayers viii appear for the State
and Mr.. Royal and others for the
creditors. Mr.. Ayers's brief is said to
be very strong and argumentative pa
per. 1t is hoped that decision of
this Court viii be rendered be-
fore the General Assembly adj
journs, so that they may be guided
by the Judgment of that influential tri-
bunal. The license taxes of Virginia
are due before May LIST, and it is i'm
perative that provision should be made
to save them from "the cut-worm of
the treasury" as Judge Hughes calls
the tax-receivable coupon.
One OF the measures likely to be in
troduced in one or the other of the
houses is bill providing that in cases
where unverified coupons are offered
for taxes the State shall take the initia-
tive and sue the tenderer. But the
thing that is going to attract most at
tention is the proposed constitutional
amendment outlswing and repudia-
ing all bonds not funded in
new 3's in given time. To
adopt this amendment two Legisla-
lures must approve of it, and the peo-
pie must ratify it at the polls. Such an
amendment was proposed at the last
session, but it met with no favor. Now
a large number of members are known
TO be ready to support it. Some lead
ing Democrats are, however, opposed
to it. Those who are advocating it
and they are influential men-express
the belief that an overwhelming ex-
preston Of the popular opinion on this
subject would make the bohdholders
fund.
For this extra session, beginning on
the 10th, the members will draw $3.50.
They can sit ninety days and extend
the session thirty days more, but at 81
a day they will draw nothing after
the forty-ffth day. 1t is safe to say
that they will not sit longer than fifty
days They cannot adoptthe Code and
dispose of their other business in much
less time.
NEW MEMBERS.
In the Senate Mr.. Gordon, of Albe-
marie, succeeds j. r. Wingfeld, of the
same county. Mr.. Wingfeld is Consul
to Costa Rica. Mr.. Gordon was elected
at the November election.
Elections will be held in few days to
fill vacancies in the Senate caused by
the death of w. Brown, of Franklin,
and the resignation of w. E. Gaines,
who has been elected to Congress.
John w. Cherry, of Norfolk city, was
elected at the November election TO fill
a vacancy in the House of Delegates
caused by the resignation of Leroy IL.
Shields, who was elected to city office,
and the Hon. James Barbour was
elected to the House to succeed ID. A.
Grimsley, of Culpeper, who is now cir
cult Judge.
GOVERNOR LEE AND THE vICE-PBEsI-
DENCY.
In connection with newspaper
statement that Governor Lees recent
visit 70 Minnesota possessed peculiar
significance, and was intended "to as
sist in bringing his name before the
people as q candidate for the vice-pre-
sidency," Governor Lee yesterday said
that he thought it would cement the
sores of the last war if some man from
the South were given the second place
upon the ticket, more especially as the
South has been doing some heavy
Democratic voting for twenty years for
northern man for President and
northern man for Vice President.
"If the National Democratic Con
vention should. for many reasons de.
eide TO give a southern man the second
place upon the ticket" said Governor
Lee, "there are many men whose
claims and qualifications are so much
greater than mine that the matter
does not disturb me in the least. The
Convention will decide what ticket can
hest win. and | am for that ticket.